+1 Niall
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Garrett Rooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After some brief discussion here and a vote on the Abdera private > list, it seems everyone is in favor of this, so I'd like to propose > that we ask the board to make Abdera a new TLP. It's been quite the > long incubation process (started in May 2006!), but I think the Abdera > community, while small, is now diverse enough that I have no question > as to its ability to survive as its own Apache project. > > So please vote away. A +1 vote is for sending the following motion to > the board for its approval. > > -garrett > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best > interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's > purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with > the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to > a framework for building clients and servers for the Atom > Publishing Protocol and other related technology, for distribution > at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Abdera Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that The Apache Abdera Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of a software > project related to a framework for building clients and servers > for the Atom Publishing Protocol and other related technology. > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Abdera" be > and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve > at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of The > Apache Abdera Project, and to have primary responsibility for > management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of > The Apache Abdera Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and > hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of The > Apache Abdera Project: > > - James M. Snell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Garrett Rooney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Stephen Duncan Jr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Ugo Cei ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Dan Diephouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - David Calavera ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Jim Ancona ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Garrett Rooney be > and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, > Apache Abdera, to serve in accordance with and subject to > the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the > Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or > disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Abdera PMC be and hereby is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > encourage open development and increased participation in the > Apache Abdera Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Abdera Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Abdera podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Abdera podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > PMC are hereafter discharged. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
